MPCC Awards Dinner Tonight!

I'm proud to sponsor the 100th Annual Awards Dinner for the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce held this evening at the Hyatt Regency. As a member of the chamber, it's been a blast meeting the community members that make up this beautiful region, and beginning great friendships. I've created a splash page link on my website for direct access to the images, and will post them online within a few days. Be sure to register with my photo lab "Pictage" to view them - it's painless! Looking forward to a fantastic evening...

Pictage, here you go!

Yes another iPhone photo...we decided to spend the afternoon together
walking the property and holding hands (when JK wasn't pushing the
tricycle around). As you know already, I am kind of obsessed with my
son. :) what a splendid day yesterday was- nice and warm. Then the
weather today reminds me that its not spring just yet! Either way I'll
take the sunshine, and the priceless walks. I think I have my son to
partially blame for my passion to capture real life moments.

WPPI Part 1

Here is the beginning... We live about 8 hours away from Vegas, and I love to drive, so my wife and I took off on Saturday Morning a week ago for the trip to WPPI. Along the way we got to spend time chatting and laughing about life, and really invest in our relationship. I am soooo blessed to have a loving and wonderful wife!

When we arrived at Paris Hotel, and settled in just a bit, we began our night out. I took Gina to Terribles Hotel & Casino for one of the best prime rib dinner deals in Vegas, and ate it all up! Good stuff.

We strolled back to Paris, and met up with a bunch of friends for a little while. Gina got tired so she took off back to the room, but I stayed out and ate again with David Escalante and Travis. A great Brie cheese burger! Pictures are lacking but trust me, it was good. :)

Later on I got some more great eats (2am!) at Le Cafe with some fantastic photographers and good friends: Harald & Aundrea from BluDomain, Mike Colon, David Escalante, Shane & Erin Melenbacker, Uncle Ray & Anna Santana, Michael Norwood, and Travis Hoehne,. I literally work in the best industry in the world! After finishing up with a creme brulee, a few of us went out to hit the poker tables at Caesars Palace. Of course, I didn't want to start my Vegas trip on the wrong foot, so I waited to take my chances later in the week.


You've seen my iPhone photos in the past blog entries to help carry you along, and I'm not sure how much details I'll include in a recap of the last week, but this is a good start. I'll begin to track down the images from friends and sync others with the computer to share with y'all. Until then, Enjoy! :)

Back Home!

Upon our return to the office this weekend I plan on posting an
update, with a synopsis of the WPPI conference this last week. It's
great to be back home and I'm excited about the upcoming weddings to
kick off my favorite time of the year -wedding season! What do YOU
have planned for this great Easter weekend??

M&Ms contined...

Really big candy!! Gina & I are finishing up our trip to Las Vegas
with something sweet. Yum!

Check this out

A four story M&M store? You better believe it! My wife is stoked!

Poker

I don't really know much about gambling and card games, but since I am
in Las Vegas and hanging with stellar friends such as David Escalante,
Mike Colon (whose great at poker), and Michael Norwood, I decided to
try my hand at poker at Caesars Palace. Needless to say I am not that
good at all -whatsoever- as I am actually blogging while sitting at
the poker table empty handed. Nontheless, I learned a lot about the
game and enjoy sitting here with my friends!

Hotel

Another shot of Paris/Ballys...

Kenny Kim

Here is Kenny Kim, one of the coolest and genuinely nice guys out
there. If you've never heard if him, be sure to check out his website
at www.kennykim.com and visit his blog to appreciate his awesome
talent as a photographer, and killer blogger. He recently helped Bob
Davis & Mike Colon on their "Master Your Craft" tour (which by the
way, I still need to blog about!).

Our Hotel

Well, part of it. :)

The Bellagio!

WPPI images continued...

Well folks, here are a few more posts with images from the iPhone.
We're hanging with some of the most talented photographers in the
world and building on the best friendships! We are also stoked to
continue our learning and stretching our minds to think creatively
outside of the box!

A closer look